I'm not serving up anything on a golden platter... in fact the only thing "new" about most of these shirts is the artwork... most of the phrases have been around longer than many of the members of this forum.
I remember the Special Forces versions from 'Nam, still have one of the wall flags kicking around somewhere. The one pictured is a much more recent variation of those 1960's/1970's versions. Many believe (myself included) that this goes back much further than that... some say to the days of the Protestant persecutions.
I'm one of those "responsible gun owners" that you refer to and what I want the lawmakers to chew on is this:
- I'm fed up being told that I am banned from owning things because criminals use those things to commit criminal acts... ban the criminals not the objects... punish the lawless not the law abiding citizens;
- I'm fed up being told that firearm can not be owned and used for personal protection, just hunting and target shooting;
- I'm fed up being told that my ownership of guns somehow puts society at risk... criminals put society at risk, not law abiding, responsible citizens;
- I'm fed up that the "good of society" is more important than personal rights and freedoms... without my rights and freedoms I don't give a damn about society;
- I'm fed up that politicians in Ottawa think they know what's best for me and everyone else;
- I'm fed up that what the people want and say doesn't matter if it differs from the policies of the political party in power;
I'm fed up being told I shouldn't use humanoid looking targets at the range because it might give the anti's something to complain about or give someone the wrong idea.
If you ever saw some of the T-Shirts I wear you'd probably be downright offended... they are about as far from "politically correct" as you can get. But like you said it's my right to wear what I want and to offend whomever I choose. If people take offence to what my shirt says then I'm pleased... because I'm offended by what our society has and continues to become. I'm offended by most of the people I meet in the streets on a daily basis.
This has nothing to do with T-Shirts or Gun Owners Rights or Anti-Gun activists... this is about attitude and defiance. I refuse to be muzzled or to simply comply and I refuse to live my life worrying about what the "anti's" might think about me.
You of course are free to act as you choose... until the government and the anti's take that away from you too
Mark